Category: events
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// borderline fortune turns one
Hard to believe it’s been a whole year since Borderline Fortune came into this world! I’m eternally grateful to the National Poetry Series and Penguin Poets for the opportunity, and I loved crisscrossing the country to spend time in the company of so many thoughtful poets and readers. Amanda Moore helped me cap off the…
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// homecoming: paper boat & oilf
The world is a mess right now, which is exactly why I’m glad to be headed to my home state of Washington to be in community with my friends, family, and other writers. Fellow National Poetry Series winner Amanda Moore and I will read at Paper Boat Booksellers in West Seattle on Wednesday, June 1,…
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// acronym events
Happy New Year (in February)! A few invitations… Tomorrow, Wednesday, February 2, at 6 p.m. PT, I’ll be in conversation with my National Poetry Series partner in crime Amanda Moore, hosted by Mills alums Lizzie Brock and Michelle Simotas through City College of San Francisco (CCSF). Virtual, free, and open to the public—join the Zoom…
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// best of 2020-2021
The book world is pretty quiet between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, so this will be one of my final posts of 2021, but I’m excited to share that Borderline Fortune made Entropy magazine’s last “best of” list before it shutters for good (#26!). I have followed the magazine for years, published an essay there in…
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// npr, publishers weekly, lit hub
Thank you to everyone who has attended an in-person or online event! Your support is hugely important to me. I also appreciate all of you who have bought a copies of Borderline Fortune (especially from your favorite local independent bookstore!), recommended it to a friend, and shared something about it on social media. If you…
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// borderline fortune videos, interviews & events
I hope you’re all well in this strange, transitional time. A few updates on the Borderline Fortune book tour… Tomorrow—Wednesday, Oct. 27—I’ll be reading with former California poet laureate Carol Muske-Dukes, the National Poetry Series judge who selected my book, at Chevalier’s in Los Angeles at 7 p.m. Pre-order a signed copy and register here.…
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// borderline fortune out today!
There’s lots to report (and invite you to), but I won’t bury the lede: Borderline Fortune officially releases today! If you didn’t have a chance to pre-order a copy, it’s available everywhere books are sold. If you enjoy it, I’d be grateful for your positive ratings and reviews. You’re cordially invited to the virtual launch…
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// book tour & library journal
The full list of book tour stops is available at teresakmiller.net/events, including a conversation with Pulitzer Prize winner Forrest Gander.
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// laid bare
I saw a headline that said George Floyd’s death “laid bare America’s racial wounds.” But they were already laid bare—by Emmett Till’s murder. And if not by him, then by Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination. And if not by him, then by Rodney King’s beating. And if not by him, then by Oscar Grant…
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// berfrois: the book
Berfrois: The Book is officially out! If you’ll be in PDX for AWP this week, you can get your copy at the bookfair. Gregory Giles and I do our part to insert environmental commentary into everything with a conversational essay on horror films The Last Winter (2006) and The Thaw (2009), the documentary Chasing…
Teresa K. Miller, poet and essayist 